Foraminifera and wood 14C (radiocarbon) in Northeast Pacific for past 30,000 years

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Hauptverfasser: Rafter, Patrick A, Herguera, Juan-Carlos, Southon, John R
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author Rafter, Patrick A
Herguera, Juan-Carlos
Southon, John R
author_facet Rafter, Patrick A
Herguera, Juan-Carlos
Southon, John R
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents For over a decade, oceanographers have debated the interpretation and reliability of sediment microfossil records indicating extremely low seawater radiocarbon (14C) during the last deglaciation-observations that suggest a major disruption in marine carbon cycling coincident with rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Possible flaws in these records include poor age model controls, utilization of mixed, infaunal foraminifera species possibly influenced by changing porewater chemistry, and bioturbation. We have addressed these concerns using a glacial-interglacial record of epifaunal benthic foraminifera 14C on an ideal sedimentary age model (wood calibrated to atmosphere 14C). Our results affirm – with important caveats – the fidelity of these microfossil archives and confirm previous observations of highly depleted seawater 14C at intermediate depths in the deglacial northeast Pacific
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spellingShingle Foraminifera and wood 14C (radiocarbon) in Northeast Pacific for past 30,000 years
Rafter, Patrick A
Herguera, Juan-Carlos
Southon, John R

For over a decade, oceanographers have debated the interpretation and reliability of sediment microfossil records indicating extremely low seawater radiocarbon (14C) during the last deglaciation-observations that suggest a major disruption in marine carbon cycling coincident with rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Possible flaws in these records include poor age model controls, utilization of mixed, infaunal foraminifera species possibly influenced by changing porewater chemistry, and bioturbation. We have addressed these concerns using a glacial-interglacial record of epifaunal benthic foraminifera 14C on an ideal sedimentary age model (wood calibrated to atmosphere 14C). Our results affirm – with important caveats – the fidelity of these microfossil archives and confirm previous observations of highly depleted seawater 14C at intermediate depths in the deglacial northeast Pacific
title Foraminifera and wood 14C (radiocarbon) in Northeast Pacific for past 30,000 years
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url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.896312